The Top 10 Trends from Milan Fashion Week

The “Moda” in Milan was certainly “Alta;" no denim or designer leggings to be found anywhere. Instead, we found gorgeous felt coats and tailored dresses--a new reserved chic, often refreshingly subverted with slightly rumpled styling. We’re excited about this “Downton Dowager” idea, as well as all the other news from the Italian shows.
Check out our list of the top ten trends the from the city where luxury knows NO limits.

The “Moda” in Milan was certainly “Alta;" no denim or designer leggings to be found anywhere. Instead, we found gorgeous felt coats and tailored dresses--a new reserved chic, often refreshingly subverted with slightly rumpled styling. We’re excited about this “Downton Dowager” idea, as well as all the other news from the Italian shows.

Check out our list of the top ten trends from the city where luxury knows NO limits.

Theme: Impeccably Disheveled

Deliberately roughed-up and thoughtfully unkempt, these looks are about wearing the most luxe of garments with the careless eccentricity most often applied to vintage.

Theme: La Vita di Lolita

Short and sweet, Milan offered a youthful take on the “Lady” trend we’ve seen developing across the cities during the fall 2013 collections. We’re loving the look, but dreading the notion of bare legs in November.

We loved the notion of sheer on top; mesh sleeves and necklines seem so alluring. We are still wrapping our heads around the notion of wearing sheer on bottom...OUR bottoms...'nuff said...

Styling: In the Loop

The easiest way to add character to fall 2013’s neutral suits, coats, and dresses? Belt it out...

Key Item: Curves Ahead

Maybe it’s our obsession with all things MObama that has us thinking the sheath dress’ sensual structure seems so right, right now. One thing's for sure: There’s no doubt that Milanese designers were on that same page for fall 2013.

Key Item: Dressmaker's Coat

Ladylike shapes and feminine finishes make these coats perfect for braving the most brutal of storms in style. We know we won’t be able to get enough of their flattering narrow waists next fall.

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Milano always brings the sexy. But this season, Fashion Month's third stop also brought forays into Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy-worthy quiet reserve and gallery-caliber, fine-art motifs.
Click through to check out the top 10 trends spotted at the Milan spring 2014 collections.

Four cities, one season: Fall 2013. Nemo kicked the collections off and every city to follow added its own dose of wintry chill. Somehow all that cold weather caused a discernible note of restraint to float through the collections. Don’t worry--the passion and excitement were still there, but designers actively pursued defining new ways we can really dress next fall. These looks felt grounded in the return of the “Lady," as fashion’s pendulum swung away from the risqué, toward the refreshingly refined (spike-studded shoulders be damned). Check out our top trends for fall in the slide show.

Let me guess, you aren't reading this post from Milan, are you? No? Me either. That's why all of us sitting at our desks right now can be grateful that Milan's designers have fully embraced the live stream. Can you say P-R-A-D-A? And hello Ferragamo and Gucci! So, take a bathroom break at school/work/set an alarm to wake up at 2:30 in the morning to watch from your bed, glue yourself to your smartphone/computer and relish your front row seat at Milan's hottest shows.